Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. The Punch Heard ’round the Barrio 1
5. Chapter 1. A Coach Comes to Sidney Lanier 18
6. Chapter 2. Mexicans Can Play, but Not Everyone Is Pleased 41
7. Chapter 3. Lanier Makes Its Run at State and Finds Its First Stars 62
8. Chapter 4. Sidney Lanier: An American-Mexican Landscape 89
9. Chapter 5. War Comes to the West Side, and Lanierites Respond 111
10. Chapter 6. Adjusting to War and Getting Back to State 132
11. Chapter 7. The Voks Finally Make It to the Top 153
12. Chapter 8. On the Summit Looking Up 175
13. Chapter 9. The Rodríguez Boys Must Be Stopped 195
14. Chapter 10. An Era Comes to an End, but a School Remains 218
15. Notes 229
16. Bibliography 259
17. Index 267